A California Highway Patrol officer who stopped a driver ended up clinging on to the Jeep while the suspect tried to flee and smashed her vehicle into others, authorities said. The Friday evening incident on I-80 involved driver Nicole K. Wade, 33, of Pittsburg, California, who sideswiped a Honda Civic while the officer was hanging outside her driver’s side door, according to California Highway Patrol - San Francisco. She was originally pulled over for a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer told her to leave the vehicle but she later returned to attempt to flee in the Jeep, whose passengers included two adults and a child, authorities said. After approximately a quarter mile as the officer was actively fighting and struggling with Wade, the vehicle struck the back of another vehicle, highway patrol officials said. The suspect allegedly continued to accelerate, but the officer forced the steering wheel to the right, which sent the vehicle’s front right wheel into a concrete bridge rail, breaking the front axle. Wade still tried to flee, authorities said. Other officers arrived at the scene and stopped her, according to California Highway Patrol - San Francisco. The officer was taken to the hospital for injuries that occurred as a result of the incident, highway patrol officials said. He was later released from the hospital. Wade was booked Saturday into San Francisco County Jail on charges of attempted murder, assault, child endangerment, driving under the influence causing bodily injury and other charges.

A California Highway Patrol officer who stopped a driver ended up clinging on to the Jeep while the suspect tried to flee and smashed her vehicle into others, authorities said.

The Friday evening incident on I-80 involved driver Nicole K. Wade, 33, of Pittsburg, California, who sideswiped a Honda Civic while the officer was hanging outside her driver’s side door, according to California Highway Patrol - San Francisco.

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She was originally pulled over for a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer told her to leave the vehicle but she later returned to attempt to flee in the Jeep, whose passengers included two adults and a child, authorities said.

After approximately a quarter mile as the officer was actively fighting and struggling with Wade, the vehicle struck the back of another vehicle, highway patrol officials said.

The suspect allegedly continued to accelerate, but the officer forced the steering wheel to the right, which sent the vehicle’s front right wheel into a concrete bridge rail, breaking the front axle.

Wade still tried to flee, authorities said. Other officers arrived at the scene and stopped her, according to California Highway Patrol - San Francisco.

The officer was taken to the hospital for injuries that occurred as a result of the incident, highway patrol officials said. He was later released from the hospital.

Wade was booked Saturday into San Francisco County Jail on charges of attempted murder, assault, child endangerment, driving under the influence causing bodily injury and other charges.